Project 3_1 "Mood Selector"
In this project Luc had to create a mood selector using a servo motor, two capacitors, and a potentiometer. He was also tasked with creating code and making a tinkerkad and a circut diagram. He did this with no issues except for a fryed arduino board. The potentiometer is in E,10, E,12 and F,11. The Servo is in D,26,27,28. A real life use for this would be a mood selector. We also found that when you take out the wire connecting the arduino to the potentiometer the servo does what ever it wants.(3/4/25)
Project 3_2 "Traffic Gate"
In this project Luc was tasked to create a parking gate that resembles the ones that are seen at parking lots and at borders. He started out by creating the circut diagram and the tinkerkad build. Then he added the code for this project. He had some set backs as the code was faulty but was able to correct it. Mr. Love then added a curveball by requiring his students to add LEDs to their project. Luc found this tricky as in his tinkerkad the Arduino blew up. Mr Love also required the base to be made out of wood instead of cardboard like the rest of the project. Luc made the outer "shell" out of cardboard and only glued the front part to the wooden base which allows him to make changes to his work without having to restart. A real life example for this project is a parking gate. (3/12/25)
Project 3_final "Robotic Arm"
In this project Luc was assigned manager and was tasked with leading the reigning champs in their robotic arm build. They were required to build a prototype, and the real arm. They also had to use four potentiometers and four servos to create this. We used four AA batteries instead of the typical 9V batteries. We used a lot of male and female wires and struggled finding non-binary wires. There will probably. be a curve ball but we don't know what it is right now. We didn't have any group problems or disputes and worked really well together. As the manager I gave more freedom to my team mates which I believe worked well with the team dynamic. We also had to create a tinkerkad build and a circut diagram. Mr. Love also had to do 20 pushups (which were not high quality) as Eli, our programer, was able to create the code without any flaws on his first attempt. I also had problems as I was in California when Mr. Love sent out our slide show and I was unable to access my computer so my team had a hard time working. He also wasn't able to send anything as electronics were taken at his event. (3/14/25)